Cy Young (Denton T. Young) was a professional baseball player, born on March 29th, 1897 in Gilmore, Ohio. He was the oldest child born to McKinzie Young Jr. and Nancy Miller. Gilmore was a tiny farming community. Cy stopped his education after just the sixth grade to help with the farms. Young was 6 foot 2 inches and 210 pound right hander. Cy Young won more major league games than any other pitcher in the history of the game. Some of his totals include: 511 wins and 315 losses. In 14 consecutive seasons (1891-1904) Young won more than 20 games in each of those years. In 5 of those seasons more impressively he won 30 or more games.

Cy Young pitched for five teams during his 22 year career. He spent his first nine seasons with the Cleveland Spiders, his major league debut he pitched a three-hit shutout. He began to be known for a hard thrower but also his excellent control and ability to outwit batters. Before the 1899 season the Spiders owner, Frank Robison, bought the St. Louis Browns, and most of the Spiders were transferred to the Browns before the season. Cy Young then played for St. Louis for two seasons. After leaving St. Louis he went to the American League to play for the Boston Americans for a 3,500 contract in 1901 and remained with them until the 1909 season. He also played for the Boston Braves and the Cleveland Naps. When he retired in 1912 he lived and worked on his farm, until his death in 1955. Cy Young was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1937 (26 years after retirement). In 1956 the Cy Young award was created and the honor was to give to a player in each league.

In 1895 the Cleveland Spiders played the Baltimore Orioles in the Temple Cup. After finished the regular season with a record of 84-46 and a second place finish the Spiders went on to play Baltimore. The Temple Cup is a precursor to the World Series. Young won three games in the series and Cleveland won the series four games to one. It was that series that Cy Young invented and called “The Slow Ball” which today is now known as the changeup. He invented the pitch to save stress on his arm; also he discovered it fooled hitters and their timing. In that year Young won 35 games and the press called him “the king of pitchers”. He also had an ERA just over 3.26.

• March 29, 1867: born

• 1890: Signs with the Cleveland Spiders

• 1895: Wins the Temple Cup

• 1897: Pitches his first career no-hitter against the Cincinnati Reds

• 1899: Transferred to the St. Louis Perfectos

• 1901: Goes to the Boston Americans and wins the American League Triple Crown

• 1902: Serves as a pitching coach at Harvard University

• 1903: Throws the first pitch ever in a World Series game

• 1904: Pitches a perfect game against Waddell and the Athletics

• 1908: Pitches his 3rd no-hitter of his career

• 1909: Traded to the Cleveland Naps

• 1911: Splits the season between the Boston Rustlers and Cleveland Naps and then retires